Good luck, Sock!
I locked in my loan the day before the last interest rate hike last week.
Thankfully I'm only borrowing 20k, so the previous rate hikes haven't been too bad.
I'm just frustrated about my car still not being released from the VPC.

 

Damn id have been pissed off. I wont say anything but holy ****, is this car amazing.

 

I’m hoping this is a glitch lol

 

Haha This is what I got.

 

Here is the beast sleeping.

 

Thanks to another poster on the forum - I found out my car was released for shipping today.
Hopefully, next week I'll join ECU as another 45 owner.

 

Sounds like you might have it this weekend.

 

I went by my dealership today - I wanted to see the CLA35 they have in the showroom.
The Sales Manager pulled up my car on Netstar, he confirmed it was ready to ship.
They're not expecting the car till Monday or Tuesday of next week.

Back to the Mountain Grey CLA 35 in their showroom - it's a good-looking car.
The guy who ordered it backed out and it's available.

 

Sweet cant wait to see it.

 

ECU… dm me if you prefer to answer this privately.
I'm heading in to see the finance guy at my dealership this afternoon.
He thinks he can beat my credit union, plus I'm told it would change the deal on extending the warranty.

If you don't mind answering… did you add the pre-paid maintenance and extended warranty?
I'm pretty sure I'll add the maintenance package.

 

I added the Extended Warranty because if you dont plan on going over your mileage from the factory warranty then you get it all back. Thats what happened with my older 2020 CLA. DO NOT LET HIM PULL YOUR CREDIT just because he said he could beat it, let him show you the numbers first.

 

thanks, ECU, I'll do that!

 

Usually they cant beat a credit union but also sometimes they can. Remember the dealership gets kick backs if you use their lenders.

 

Got an update yesterday evening that mine has left the VPC headed to the dealership. Also, got the Sales Manager to send me the numbers so they want try in funny stuff on price when it arrives. No markup but they me for $900 for Paint and Fabric protection. Told them I was financing it on my own and the manager asked if they could help with financing. When i said i haven't had a dealership beat PENFED or Navy FED rates he agreed they could not match.

 

Is there a reason why? I'm at the same point. I already got approved by my credit union and once the car gets to the VPC next week I'm going to tart asking for firm numbers from the dealer. I'm pretty sure they'll offer a lower OTD price if I finance through them.

 

If that's all they're trying to add on, that's awesome. I'd sign that in a heartbeat. First dealer I spoke to had an automatic markup of of 5000 on all AMG models. The dealer I settled on after shopping round tells me we'll do MSRP. Then two months later comes back with "oh we markup all AMGs 10000." I get up to leave and tell them to cancel the order when amazingly they get the sales manager to sign a purchase agreement confirming MSRP again. I know they're going to sneak **** in on me. They've refused to talk even semi firm numbers this whole time.

 

Because a lot of times they run it through a couple of banks and there goes your credit score down by 2 per hard hit. They have enough info to show you firm numbers to start based off their rates. Remember hard hits stay around for 2 plus years, but over time they decrease in terms of hurting your credit.

 

I'm pretty sure multiple hits for car loans at the same time are considered one inquiry by the credit bureaus. That's what I'd read. Anyway, after this I doubt I'll be making any large purchases for a while...

 

I am still going to try to get them to lower that fabric and paint protection cost. I know there are already going to try to sell me on the maintenance package. Still a little of negotiation when finally face to face with check in hand. But I am happy no markup to haggle over. Hopefully, you get your numbers soon with no issues.

 

Anyone know this means please help me. When will I get my car?

 

Oh it doesnt matter, I had 5 banks hard hits on one freaking car a while back, was pissed because it was 15 points off my credit lol.

 

I cant find anything on BC5, but i know thats a shipping term I think.

 

These are order status codes tracked my Mercedes-Benz. These will be of particular interest to those placing special orders for their cars, as these will be at least some of the stages that your order goes through on it's way to your dealership, and ultimately to your driveway.
A4 FINAL SUPPLIER ORDER/SCHEDULED NOT PRODUCED
B0 19 DAYS TO PRODUCTION
B1 13 DAYS TO PRODUCTION
B3 NO CHANGES POSSIBLE
B4 2 DAYS TO COMPLETION
B5 PRODUCTION COMPLETE
B7 AT PORT/READY TO BE SHIPPED
B8 ASSIGNED TO SHIP
C1 SHIP DEPARTED
C2 SHIP NOTIFICATION/ON WQTER
CS SUMITTED TO CUSTOMS
C3 CLEARED CUSTOMS
C4 AT PORT
D1 VPC RECEIVED
D2 SURVEYED AT VPC
D3 POTENTIAL DELAY
D4 READY TO DELIVER
D5 RELEASED TO CARRIER
D9 WHOLESALE/CONSIGNMENT PENDING
F1 WHOLESALED AND INVOICED
I1 RETAIL

 

what about B5c factory delay. Please help me man when will I see this car

 

Could go to

https://www.walleniuswilhelmsen.com/track-trace

Customer reference from drop down and put in your PO number. Does it come back with anything?

I also emailed my dealer on what that means.